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What is Chromatic Aberration? Chromatic aberration is the presence of what looks like a mysteriously embossed line of color that shouldn’t be in your image. This distortion takes place during the process of shooting and if severe enough it can show in your prints. Chromatic aberration, also known as “color fringing” or “purple fringing”, is […]

The Importance of Monitor Calibration by Mike Pach 3 Peaks Photography & Design | Facebook AdventureCam Photo | Facebook The Colorado Photography Learning Group | Facebook In all of my years of experience with digital photography, I find that many photographers dismiss the importance color management and do not calibrate their monitors. They either think that it […]

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Did you know that even the wall color near your editing station can effect your edits? The environment in which you edit is just as important as regularly calibrating your monitor. Have you ever heard that editing in the dark gives you the best preview? Let’s bust this myth! While this might be working for some, […]

Let’s talk about aspect ratio and why it is important in printing! In this post, we’re going to focus on the 3:2 aspect ratio, and use it as a comparison to others because 3:2 accommodates a great range of print sizes without any cropping. Understanding aspect ratio is super important because with some standard print sizes […]

Press Albums versus Press Books We understand that our vast amount of book & album options can seem overwhelming, so we’ve put together this blog post to help! At the end we’ll offer some tips on samples, plus we’ve included a simple break down on albums versus books for client education (in case you decide […]

Calibration: Monitor versus Printer Photographic Printing Why is working on a calibrated monitor so important? Two reasons: 1) So that you get an accurate preview of the image on your monitor. 2) So that this image preview will match the printed version. A common misconception when it comes to calibration is that as long as […]